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Thats strange that would have to be one of the last items I would ever need in boot camp.

You know now that you said that it made me think, there was never a moment in boot camp (that I can remember) where we were just standing around, if we were early for something or waiting on the rest...

I wouldnt worry about it too much, he's definitly not the only recruit who has been ragged on for parents sending emails to SDI being concerned, it was prolly just for a little more motivation and...

I'm gonna be down at Parris Island/Beaufort next week for xmas I'll get the lowdown on all the good places to eat from my rents and let you know ASAP.

They will do a night firing course and they will also get to shoot the M249 SAW and the AT4 during A-Line. They more than likely wont stay out at Weapons, my case I think was a rare one. Either...

Unless you're a bad recruit then you never get sent for a working party and are alone with the DIs most of the day then you get quarterdecked and pitted on a regular basis (happened to me a few times...

You never know that powerbar may just be that one thing that causes him to puke or poop himself thus lightening his load and giving him that extra step....it said it would help....never said...

It wasnt the fact that it was a cough drop, it was the fact that for some of the recruits who didnt get much mail or any at all to get a package sent to the entire platoon was like getting a piece of...

Oh I agree totally but when it is approved by the SDI its then not becoming a problem really helped motivate the recruits. And I am damn happy they sent the cough drops cause it really helped with...

When we were given the go ahead to send a letter telling our moms to send power bars and cough drops if they wanted I dont think our SDI thought we'd get as much as we did. He originally said "You...

They have a chow hall there, Weapons Battalion as I recall had some of the best food in their Mess Hall. But he will only eat in the Mess Hall during Breakfast and Dinner because all the time in...

When I look at my own letters from boot camp (my parents saved all of mine) I found it funny. The week before rifle range I was depressed I had been on light duty that whole week for cellulitus (I...

OH! And one more thing, SAVE every letter he sends you! Trust me it will mean alot to him when he can look back and read them.

I have a box that has every letter I sent home along with every...

Just remember attention is good and you should tell your son this too in your next letter when he finds himself on the quarterdeck getting punished (and he will be on the quarterdeck, every recruit...

Sometimes mail takes a little bit, for the first 2 weeks on Parris Island I didnt receive any mail and then it started pouring in. And sometimes mail does get delayed down there and other times it...